1968 United States presidential election in Oklahoma

The 1968 United States presidential election in Oklahoma took place on November 5, 1968. All fifty states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1968 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States.

1968 United States presidential election in Oklahoma

November 5, 1968

Nominee Richard Nixon Hubert Humphrey George Wallace Party Republican Democratic American Independent Home state New York[lower-alpha 1] Minnesota Alabama Running mate Spiro Agnew Edmund Muskie Curtis LeMay Electoral vote 8 0 0 Popular vote 449,697 301,658 191,731 Percentage 47.7% 32.0% 20.3%

County Results Nixon   30-40%   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80% Humphrey   30-40%   40-50%   50-60% Wallace   30-40%

President before election Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic Elected President Richard Nixon Republican

Former Vice President Richard Nixon, the Republican nominee, won the state of Oklahoma with 449,697 votes and 47.68 percent of the vote, with Vice President Hubert Humphrey, the Democratic nominee, taking 301,658 votes and 31.99 percent of the vote, followed by American Independent George Wallace, who took 191,731 votes and 20.33 percent of the vote.[1] Wallace’s performance is the second-best by a third-party candidate in the Sooner State,[2] behind Ross Perot in 1992. The Wallace pluralities in Atoka and Pushmataha Counties in the southeast marked the only occasion that a third-party candidate has ever carried any Oklahoma county.

Results

Electoral results

Presidential candidate	Party	Home state	Popular vote		Electoral vote	Running mate
			Count	Percentage		Vice-presidential candidate	Home state	Electoral vote
Richard Nixon	Republican	New York	449,697	47.68%	8	Spiro Agnew	Maryland	8
Hubert Humphrey	Democrat	Minnesota	301,658	31.99%	0	Edmund Muskie	Maine	0
George Wallace	American	Alabama	191,731	20.33%	0	Curtis LeMay	California	0
Total			943,086	100%	8			8
Needed to win					270			270

Results by county

County	Richard Milhous Nixon Republican		Hubert Horatio Humphrey Democratic		George Corley Wallace American Independent		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%
Adair	2,877	53.02%	1,549	28.55%	1,000	18.43%		5,426
Alfalfa	2,672	69.46%	865	22.49%	310	8.06%	3,847
Atoka	1,131	27.29%	1,400	33.78%	1,613	38.92%	4,144
Beaver	2,114	68.70%	624	20.28%	339	11.02%	3,077
Beckham	2,935	42.92%	2,354	34.42%	1,550	22.66%	6,839
Blaine	3,036	60.08%	1,285	25.43%	732	14.49%	5,053
Bryan	2,727	33.24%	3,214	39.17%	2,264	27.59%	8,205
Caddo	4,712	43.70%	4,212	39.07%	1,858	17.23%	10,782
Canadian	5,891	49.12%	3,577	29.83%	2,525	21.05%	11,993
Carter	5,127	35.73%	5,807	40.47%	3,414	23.79%	14,348
Cherokee	3,971	47.32%	2,554	30.44%	1,866	22.24%	8,391
Choctaw	1,414	26.03%	2,268	41.74%	1,751	32.23%	5,433
Cimarron	1,122	53.81%	436	20.91%	527	25.28%	2,085
Cleveland	12,446	48.29%	8,617	33.43%	4,711	18.28%	25,774
Coal	669	29.64%	963	42.67%	625	27.69%	2,257
Comanche	9,225	39.82%	8,061	34.80%	5,879	25.38%	23,165
Cotton	1,016	32.64%	1,192	38.29%	905	29.07%	3,113
Craig	2,686	44.67%	2,098	34.89%	1,229	20.44%	6,013
Creek	6,934	43.34%	5,151	32.20%	3,913	24.46%	15,998
Custer	4,709	56.31%	2,717	32.49%	936	11.19%	8,362
Delaware	3,168	47.29%	2,129	31.78%	1,402	20.93%	6,699
Dewey	1,508	53.46%	773	27.40%	540	19.14%	2,821
Ellis	1,601	62.54%	533	20.82%	426	16.64%	2,560
Garfield	14,370	61.99%	5,802	25.03%	3,011	12.99%	23,183
Garvin	3,786	36.75%	3,845	37.33%	2,670	25.92%	10,301
Grady	4,242	38.15%	4,760	42.81%	2,117	19.04%	11,119
Grant	2,403	61.82%	1,047	26.94%	437	11.24%	3,887
Greer	1,225	35.26%	1,419	40.85%	830	23.89%	3,474
Harmon	644	30.04%	1,097	51.17%	403	18.80%	2,144
Harper	1,483	63.00%	518	22.01%	353	15.00%	2,354
Haskell	1,516	37.05%	1,563	38.20%	1,013	24.76%	4,092
Hughes	1,897	33.60%	2,578	45.67%	1,170	20.73%	5,645
Jackson	2,248	30.36%	3,371	45.52%	1,786	24.12%	7,405
Jefferson	780	25.09%	1,628	52.36%	701	22.55%	3,109
Johnston	1,048	32.37%	1,216	37.55%	974	30.08%	3,238
Kay	12,751	59.06%	6,031	27.93%	2,809	13.01%	21,591
Kingfisher	3,558	64.64%	1,226	22.27%	720	13.08%	5,504
Kiowa	2,418	43.22%	2,219	39.67%	957	17.11%	5,594
Latimer	1,091	32.73%	1,350	40.50%	892	26.76%	3,333
Le Flore	3,600	32.83%	4,020	36.66%	3,345	30.51%	10,965
Lincoln	3,855	47.43%	2,304	28.35%	1,969	24.22%	8,128
Logan	3,960	48.55%	2,508	30.75%	1,689	20.71%	8,157
Love	677	28.52%	931	39.22%	766	32.27%	2,374
McClain	2,047	36.98%	1,842	33.27%	1,647	29.75%	5,536
McCurtain	2,795	32.43%	2,944	34.16%	2,880	33.41%	8,619
McIntosh	1,532	33.71%	1,759	38.70%	1,254	27.59%	4,545
Major	2,550	72.84%	594	16.97%	357	10.20%	3,501
Marshall	1,209	35.71%	1,191	35.17%	986	29.12%	3,386
Mayes	4,260	44.63%	2,855	29.91%	2,431	25.47%	9,546
Murray	1,454	34.18%	1,773	41.68%	1,027	24.14%	4,254
Muskogee	8,707	38.39%	9,377	41.34%	4,596	20.26%	22,680
Noble	2,911	58.92%	1,412	28.58%	618	12.51%	4,941
Nowata	2,116	46.92%	1,314	29.14%	1,080	23.95%	4,510
Okfuskee	1,686	37.94%	1,777	39.99%	981	22.07%	4,444
Oklahoma	93,212	49.73%	60,395	32.22%	33,834	18.05%	187,441
Okmulgee	4,709	34.81%	6,089	45.02%	2,728	20.17%	13,526
Osage	5,499	46.50%	3,919	33.14%	2,407	20.36%	11,825
Ottawa	5,000	44.48%	4,820	42.88%	1,421	12.64%	11,241
Pawnee	2,437	51.09%	1,343	28.16%	990	20.75%	4,770
Payne	9,577	53.73%	5,772	32.38%	2,475	13.89%	17,824
Pittsburg	3,978	28.79%	6,112	44.24%	3,726	26.97%	13,816
Pontotoc	4,161	38.26%	4,291	39.45%	2,425	22.29%	10,877
Pottawatomie	6,899	39.44%	6,721	38.42%	3,873	22.14%	17,493
Pushmataha	1,225	32.72%	1,232	32.91%	1,287	34.38%	3,744
Roger Mills	1,102	45.31%	720	29.61%	610	25.08%	2,432
Rogers	4,631	44.37%	2,665	25.53%	3,141	30.09%	10,437
Seminole	3,711	38.09%	3,889	39.92%	2,142	21.99%	9,742
Sequoyah	2,797	36.93%	2,618	34.57%	2,158	28.50%	7,573
Stephens	5,508	38.46%	5,249	36.65%	3,566	24.90%	14,323
Texas	3,729	63.65%	1,176	20.07%	954	16.28%	5,859
Tillman	1,748	35.71%	1,771	36.18%	1,376	28.11%	4,895
Tulsa	81,476	57.11%	32,748	22.95%	28,443	19.94%	142,667
Wagoner	3,187	41.76%	2,183	28.60%	2,262	29.64%	7,632
Washington	12,812	62.36%	4,641	22.59%	3,091	15.05%	20,544
Washita	2,592	49.65%	1,771	33.92%	858	16.43%	5,221
Woods	3,449	63.81%	1,439	26.62%	517	9.57%	5,405
Woodward	3,748	64.01%	1,444	24.66%	663	11.32%	5,855
Totals	449,697	47.68%	301,658	31.99%	191,731	20.33%	943,086

References

1. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1968 Presidential General Election Results – Oklahoma
2. Thomas, G. Scott; The Pursuit of the White House: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics and History, p. 444 ISBN 0313257957

Notes

1. Although he was born in California and he served as a U.S. Senator from California, in 1968 Richard Nixon's official state of residence was New York, because he moved there to practice law after his defeat in the 1962 California gubernatorial election. During his first term as president, Nixon re-established his residency in California. Consequently, most reliable reference books list Nixon's home state as New York in the 1968 election and his home state as California in the 1972 (and 1960) election.